Audiometry training unit
Abstract
Abstract AUDIOMETRY TRAINING UNIT PRIMARILY DIRECTED TO A TECHNICAN TEACHING MACHINE USING PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AND/OR SIMULATION TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE A TRAINEE WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICUM OF THE EVALUATION OF HEARING, IN THE ABSENCE OF LIVE HUMAN TEST SUBJECTS. THE UNIT FACILITATES PRACTICING AND FOLLOWING AN ACTUAL TESTING PROCEDURE AND CONTEMPLATES DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF SIMULATION DEVICES AND/OR TECHNIQUES IN THE METHODOLOGY OF HEARING EVALUATION IN HUMAN TEST SUBJECTS TO SELECTIVELY PROVIDE A VARIETY OF PRE-PROGRAMMED SIMULATED TEST SUBJECT RESPONSES WHICH CAN CONFORM TO ACTUAL LIVE HUMAN TEST SUBJECT RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS. INSTRUCTOR OR PROGRAMMER CONTROL OF THE SIMULATED CHARACTERISTICS IS INCORPORATED. THE UNIT IS ADAPTABLE FOR, AND USEFUL IN, TESTING OF HEARING BY PURETONE TECHNIQUES INCLUDING PURE-TONE AUDIOMETRY, HEARING FOR SPEECH, SPEECH INTENSITY, SUBJECT RESPONSE MEASUREMENTS, SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD, SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TEST, AND OTHER NORMAL TESTING PROCEDURES. THE SYSTEM INCLUDES A VARIABLE PATIENT RESPONSE CIRCUIT TO MORE PRECISELY IMPLEMENT TEST PROCEDURES SIMULATING ACTUAL AUDIOMETRY TESTING.
Inventors
- 👤 Francis I Catlin
- 👤 Robert N Glackin Jr
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